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Labour leadership: Starmer backs calls for free social care

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Starmer backs calls for free social care
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The MP leading the race to be Labour’s next leader has become the first candidate to back calls by disabled people’s groups for the introduction of free social care, funded by national progressive taxation. Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, […]

Labour leadership: Nandy pledges ‘truth and justice’ fight for DWP victims

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Nandy pledges ‘truth and justice’ fight for DWP victims
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Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy has backed calls for an independent inquiry into deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and has pledged to fight for “truth and justice” on behalf of those who died. One of four […]

Many councils unlawfully restrict right to live independently, research suggests

By John Pring on 30th January 2020 Category: Independent Living

Many councils unlawfully restrict right to live independently, research suggests
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Many local authorities are unlawfully restricting disabled people’s ability to choose to live independently in their own homes, and are forcing them instead towards residential care, research by a disabled campaigner suggests. Fleur Perry (pictured) spent more than six months seeking […]

Johnson ignores working-age care… again, and suggests further delays to reform

By John Pring on 16th January 2020 Category: Independent Living

Johnson ignores working-age care… again, and suggests further delays to reform
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The prime minister has again ignored the needs of working-age disabled people when asked about his plans for social care funding reform, and has suggested that those reforms may take as long as five years to implement. Boris Johnson (pictured) was […]

Action on Hearing Loss to sell entire care and support portfolio

By John Pring on 9th January 2020 Category: Independent Living

Action on Hearing Loss to sell entire care and support portfolio
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A disability charity has insisted that it is not selling out Deaf people, after announcing the sale of its entire portfolio of care and support services. The sale will see Action on Hearing Loss (AHL) – formerly known as RNID – […]

Iconic activist warns of threats to rights after ‘horrific’ election result

By John Pring on 19th December 2019 Category: Housing

Iconic activist warns of threats to rights after ‘horrific’ election result
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One of the leading figures in the history of the disabled people’s movement has called on activists to “shout their outrage from the rooftops” after last week’s “horrific” general election result. Maggie Davis says she believes the result will lead to […]

Election 2019: Minister thinks social care green paper does not exist

By John Pring on 11th December 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Minister thinks social care green paper does not exist
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A senior Tory minister has admitted she believes that the government’s long-awaited green paper on adult social care does not actually exist. The government has been promising to publish the green paper, which would lay out plans for addressing the adult […]

Election 2019: Johnson backtracks on promised social care plan

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Johnson backtracks on promised social care plan
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Boris Johnson has refused to offer any long-term solution to the social care crisis in his party’s general election manifesto, despite insisting when he became prime minister that he had a “clear plan” for doing so. Instead, the party has offered […]

Election 2019: Labour pledges to ‘make independent living a reality’

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Labour pledges to ‘make independent living a reality’
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Labour has pledged to make independent living a reality through a string of measures, including billions of pounds of extra funding for care and support packages, although it has stopped short of offering a free, England-wide, independent living service. The party […]

Election 2019: Lib Dems overlook working-age social care reform… again

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Lib Dems overlook working-age social care reform… again
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The Liberal Democrats have failed to offer a detailed policy on how they would reform care and support for working-age disabled people if they win the election, although they have pledged to reopen the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The manifesto failure […]

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